Less than a minute after she hung up the phone, John called her.
Nina answered the phone with a bright smile. "Honey, good evening."
Hearing the cheerful voice of his wife, John couldn't hold his smile back. "Good evening, honey."
"What's up?" Nina asked with a smile. In order not to disappoint him, she had to pretend that she didn't already know his plan.
He sensed that Nina was behaving strangely. 'She was at odds with me last night, so why is she so sprightly now?
Is she just happy to be in Spring City?
Just as Nelson and his wife say, travel could really change someone's mood.
'Travel makes people forget their troubles. I guess that's why they are still traveling all over the world, leaving their child to us.'
"Are you happy to be in Spring City?" John asked.
Every year, Nina came here on holiday because she could have a clear view of C Island. It cheered her up, but it also made her miss her home.
The real reason she was happy was because she knew that John was planning on proposing.
"Yes. Travel cheers me up." Nina didn't mind telling a white lie. It wasn't hurting anyone.
John nodded his head.
"I know you always take a nap after your flight and forget to have dinner. Don't worry, I have taken care of it. Dinner is waiting outside your door right now. Go get it."
"Really?" Nina pretended to be surprised. She put on her slippers and happily strolled to the door. "Thank you, honey. I actually am really hungry."
"I don't want you to thank me. You can repay me by kissing me when you see me." His low voice bellowed in her ear. It was so enchanting that it left Nina looking flushed.
Nina thought, 'He's become more and more shameless. How can he just say that so casually?'
John heard no answer but only the whistling of the sea breeze. He smiled. "Are you blushing?"
He was well aware that she couldn't handle when he flirted so bluntly. Even though intimacy was by no means lost on them, he could still easily make her feel shy so effortlessly.
"No." Nina patted her face and tried to calm down. "When I see you, I probably won't just kiss you once. Are you prepared for a lot of them?"
Just thinking of it filled John with excitement.
"Go get the dinner. I'm hanging up." John hung up the phone in a hurry and reached out, clasping his chest. He could feel his heart pounding furiously with every passing second.
He touched the ring box in his pocket which only spurred his adrenaline on.
He was actually a little nervous.
He was usually so poised for big occasions. He wasn't expecting to act like a teenager when the time came to propose to his wife.
He breathed deeply but it wasn't enough to subdue his excitement. If anything, he felt his nerves skyrocket.
After knowing that they were a couple, they lived together and did what a couple would do, skipping the steps of falling in love, proposal and engagement.
At first, he didn't think proposing was a big deal, but he realized how incredible it could be when he saw how overjoyed Emma was because of James' proposal. He learnt how much happiness it could bring Nina and how memorable it seemed.
There were a lot of things that happened in life but very few were unforgettable.
John hoped to create a multitude of unforgettable memories with Nina. He wanted to remember her forever, even in the next life. These were memories that could guide them to each other in the next life.
He had to make this moment perfect.
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